A progressive supper is a social event where you consume different courses of a meal at different people's houses. This enjoyable event requires a great deal of effort to make sure that you plan the timing and food choices. Learn accomplish planning and attending a progressive supper, whether for charity, or just for fun.
Instructions
1. Decide if your progressive supper is for charity or a fun, social get-together. If it is for charity, either have guests pay an up-front fee to benefit the charity, or pay at each house they attend. Progressive supper attendees can choose which houses to visit based on a pre-printed menu of the different courses available. If just for fun amongst a few friends, then all guests visit all houses in the same order.
2. Divvy up the courses to the chefs. Generally, it is easiest to let the chefs pick their courses and the food they wish to make for their courses; however, if it is a large charity function, the organizer may want to assign the foods as appropriate.
3. Plan the timing for the food service. It is essential to plan specific starting and end times for each course of a progressive supper at which the chefs travel from house to house. Chefs need to know what time to start and stop cooking their courses. A successful progressive supper has a "program" of sorts that dictates who should be at what house, at what time.
4. Discuss the execution of the cooking. The person who has appetizers can make them the day of the supper or the night before. This person generally has the easiest job as everyone meets at this house first. The salad course is also easy; make salads beforehand and add dressing when guests sit down at the table. For a soup course, keep them warm in crock-pots. The person in charge of the main course usually has the hardest job; to keep dishes such as lasagna, crock-pot foods or chili warm until guests arrive. The dessert course is easy. Make dessert the day before.
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